Capitalism Quotes - Page 5

• Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.

  A. J. P. Taylor

  War, World, Firsts

  A.J.P. Taylor (1996). “Origin Of The Second World War”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

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• I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism.

  Jeb Bush

  Thinking, Usa, Bully

  "Jeb Bush: Obama trying to 'attack capitalism'" by Peter Hamby, politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. October 29, 2009.

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• We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.

  Tony Benn

  Change, Politics, Politician

  " 10 of the best Tony Benn quotes - as picked by our readers" by James Walsh, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2014.

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• But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world.

  Peter L. Berger

  Real, Socialist Economy, Example

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• Capitalism is an art form, an Apollonian fabrication to rival nature. It is hypocritical for feminists and intellectuals to enjoy the pleasures and conveniences of capitalism while sneering at it. Everyone born into capitalism has incurred a debt to it. Give Caesar his due.

  Camille Paglia

  Nature, Art, Giving

  Camille Paglia (1990). “Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson”, Vintage

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• Under capitalism each individual engages in economic planning.

  George Reisman

  Planning, Finance, Economic

  George Reisman (1979). “The Government Against the Economy: The Story of the U.S. Government's On-going Destruction of the American Economic System Through Price Controls”, Green Hill Pub

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• The kind of capitalism I hate most is crony capitalism, the friends who decide. These are things which should be killed in Russia.

  Anatoly Chubais

  Hate, Russia, Kind

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• Capitalism is war; socialism is peace.

  Karl Liebknecht

  War, Socialism

  "Where Will Peace Come From?". www.marxists.org. November 2, 1912.

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• It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a political problem and not an intellectual one that community action remains so essential.

  Barney Frank

  Fighting, Aquariums, Community

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• I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that people like you should be comfortable and well fed while all around you people are starving.

  Sylvia Pankhurst

  Fighting, People, Like You

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• Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Men, Alternatives, Politics

  Ludwig Von Mises (1963). “Human action: a treatise on economics”

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• Viewed as a means to the end of political freedom, economic arrangements are important because of their effect on the concentration or dispersion of power. The kind of economic organization that provides economic freedom directly, namely, competitive capitalism, also promotes political freedom because it separates economic power from political power and in this way enables the one to offset the other

  Milton Friedman

  Mean, Organization, Political

  Milton Friedman (2009). “Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition”, p.9, University of Chicago Press

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• Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Happiness, Being Happy, Self

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.134, Рипол Классик

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• I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Thinking, Government, Criminals

  Letter to Duncan Grant, 15 Dec. 1917

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• I am a conservative Republican, a firm believer in free market capitalism. A free market system allows all parties to compete, which ensures the best and most competitive project emerges, and ensures a fair, democratic process.

  Sarah Palin

  Party, Conservative, Republican

  "Where does Palin stand?". www.sbs.com.au. August 23, 2013.

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• The characteristic mark of economic history under capitalism is unceasing economic progress, a steady increase in the quantity of capital goods available, and a continuous trend toward an improvement in the general standard of living.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Progress, Economic History, Trends

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• There is one and only one responsibility of business: to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.

  Milton Friedman

  Business, Responsibility, Games

  Milton Friedman (2009). “Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition”, p.133, University of Chicago Press

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• Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation.

  Eugene V. Debs

  Cities, Chicago, Modern

  "What's the Matter with Chicago?" by Eugene V. Debs in "Chicago Socialist", www.marxists.org. October 25, 1902.

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• I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.

  Garry Kasparov

  Thinking, Eyebrows, Democracy

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• It is inherent in the nature of the capitalistic economy that, in the final analysis, the employment of the factors of production is aimed only toward serving the wishes of consumers.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Wish, Finals, Analysis

  Ludwig Von Mises (1978). “On the Manipulation of Money and Credit”, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Free Market Books

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• Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment. The crypto-businessman is the true revolutionary in a Communist country.

  Eric Hoffer

  Country, Rebellious, Environment

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• The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression.

  Felix Frankfurter

  Self, Expression, Greed

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• The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.

  Karl Liebknecht

  Law

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• I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American capitalism.

  Warren Buffett

  Thinking, Important, Capacity

  "Warren Buffett on Recession, Taxing the Rich, and Capitalism's 'Regenerative Capacity'". Interview with Becky Quick, www.cnbc.com. September 22, 2010.

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• Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.

  Fidel Castro

  Cold War, American Capitalism

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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